LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 October 1913, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Horowheuua Daily Chronicle will not be published on Monday next- Labour Day. A trial alarm of Levin's lirebell, worked by means of a Pelton wheel, was rung at !> o'clock this morning. The waterwheel moved itself aright, but the resultant clangour was insufficient to alarm a pessimist. Apparently the clapper of the bell strikes too far from the bell's edge. Amongst successful candidates at the Association hoard of Musical Examiners this month (held at Wellington, were the following pupils of Mrs Matthews, Levin': Higher division, Elorence Carruthcrs; primary, Ruth Newman (Koputaroa); Lila Waller and Maffie Bishop (Levin). The wool output from Hawke's Ba t \ and the VYairarapa is expected to be heavier than for many season# past. The Hawke's Bay Herald says it has seen an old age pension certificate given by a man aged .105, stating that his grandson aged 05, was eligible for a pension. At Wellington, the marriage of Mr Lindsay McDonald and Miss Rose Scott was celebrated the other day, and the happy couple are now receiving the felicitations of their manv friends.

A line of 20s and costs was inflicted at Levin S.M. Court hist Thursday upon Harry McDonald ISssex, for failure to attend parades as required under the Defence Act. The presiding magistrate was Mr Poyuton, S.M.

By default of defendants. Mr Poynton, SLM., gave judgment for plaintiffs in the following cases heard at Levin S.M. Court yesterday: AY. 11. Carter v. C. ft. Smith £1-5, costs £1 12s (id: David Smart v. L. C. MeKinnon £21 I.os »id, costs £2 Bis; Swainson and Bevan v. Ilori Wilson, £28 8s 9d, costs £2 19s.

Dev. A. C. l'andcrson will conduct the services at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday. The evening subject will be "The Yictorous Life."

A conceit is to be given in tha Arapaepae Hall next Tuesday evening, by the Levin Male Choir, in aid of the funds of the Arapaepae Hall. The programme to be given will be first-class and varied. The Male Choir of Levin is an aggregation of talent, and every resident of the road should make si point of attending the •oncert. for it is certain to prove enjoyable. A cricket match will be played on Levin recreation ground on .Monday (Labour Day) between Ihe Zingari team (from Wellington and Auckland Colleges) and a Levin Cricket Club team. Levin vill be represented by tlie following: Egglelon. Sloan, McKcny.ie, Dempsey, Young (2). Hotter, Moore. Long-bottom, Broughton, Drown: emergencies. Simpson and Moil - . In the event of the passing of the Judiciary Dill sit present before: the House, the following gentlemen's names are mentioned in connection with the two new Judgeships: Mr J. W. Salmond (Solicitor-General), Mr C. D. Morrison, K.C., and Mr Hosking K.C., It is understood that Mill. D. Dell, K.C., could have one of the positions if he so desired, but the impression is that" he refused a similar offer some years ago. " ITow to keep six Hons for less than the cost of keeping one. This seeming impossibility was explained by the president of the Wellington Zoological Society (the Dev. -T. Crowes) at the annual meeting, and will be of interest to those who may have old horses to dispose of. "When King Dick was the only lion in the Zoo." said Mr Crewes, "it was necessary to buy a certain quantity of fresh butcher meat every day. If there were six lions to be fed, then old horses are killed to provide for them. The old horses can be got for next to nothing, and their hides sire readily marketable. This course is beingpursued at Zoo at " the present time, and the four lions in cap; tivity there do not cost, ns much to keep as Xing Dick alone."

During ;t fracas which marked the closing' scene at Barton's circus in Haveloek Inst Thursday, a man named 'Hooves was trampled upon by a "buck-jumper" when making' its exit from the ring. Tilt horse stopping 1 upon the man's log, snapped it olt' like a carrot. Those in (he vicinity were much relieved to find that it was hut a wooden 1 inil) that had come to grief. Poloi'iis Guardian. Csers of the railway would do well to hear in mind a matter that came before the Winlon Courf last Monday (says a. Southern exchange). A school-hoy was charged with carrying over the railways a parcel for some other person. The case for the department was that the lad carried a small parcel of clothes from Winton to Invei'cargill to his grandmother, who was in a private liospitnl there. The parents were unaware that this constituted a breach of the regulations. The Magistrate said that a passenger was entitled to carry Tcwt. of luggage, but not half an ounce for anyone else. A fine of I.os (costs 7s) was imposed.

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